§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the Conventions of the European Union(a) agreed and (b) in draft relating to (i) police co-operation and (ii) judicial and court procedures together with their Treaty base, their purpose and scope. [77613]
§ Kate HoeyI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given him by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Gateshead, East and Washington, West (Ms Quin), on 1 July 1997,Official Report, columns 74–76, and by me on 19 November 1998, Official Report, columns 729–31. All the conventions listed were based on Article K3 of the Treaty on European Union. He may also wish to be aware that political agreement was reached on the draft Eurodac Convention at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 3–4 December 1998.
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